Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	122% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '19 at 22:31
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 156 2-Core 310 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 591 72% 553 Pts	64-Core 541 34% 541 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 299 288 280 283 277 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 426 Mixed 374 SusWrite 303 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 64.5 222% 80.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
Samsung MZ7TE128HMGR-000L1 128GB 5,980 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 226GB free Firmware: EXT06L0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 135 135 135 135 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 461 Write 140 Mixed 163 SusWrite 135 49% 225 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 27.3 143% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 66.2 99% 192 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 920GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 166 167 170 170 169 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 147 Write 114 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 168 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	72% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 21.4 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 22.6 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 80%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER - $286

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,761x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	538x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	274x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	453x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	348x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	242x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	171x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	160x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	171x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	117x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	99x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16